Improvement in detaching horses



J. K. CRAIG DETACHING HORSES. 0,3z5 Patented July 25.1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CRAIG, OF BLACK JACK GROVE, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DETACHING HORSES Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 180,325, dated July 25, 1876; applicationvfiled May 20, 1876.v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. CRAIG, of Black Jack Grove, in the county ofHopkins and State of Texas, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Horse- Detacher; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description .of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of.this specification, and to the letters The nature of my inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of a device for detachinghorses from vehicles, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the pole with double-tree B, and oneach end of said double-tree is pivoted the single-tree G. In the outerend of each single-tree is a curved pin, a, bent backward, as shown, onwhich the outer trace is hooked, and prevented from slipping 011' bymeans of a flat spring, b, attached to the rear side of the whiffletreeor single-tree, and bearing against the end of the pin. On the inner endof each single-tree G is fastened a metal sleeve or ferrule, 01, whichis slotted horizontally for the passage of the end of the inner trace,said trace being held by means of an L-shaped pin, D, one arm of whichpasses vertically through the sleeve 01 and the hole in the trace I, asshown. To this arm of the lever a cord or I wire is to be attached, torun back over the dashboard.

By pulling on the-upperend of the lever G.

the two yokebolts D D are simultaneously lifted out of the inner ends ofthe single-trees, releasing the inner traces, and the single-trees areat once turned on their pivots, so that the outer traces will almost atthe same instant slip off from the pins on a, and thus the horses areinstantaneously detached from the vehicle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the single-trees O 0, having their-inner endsslotted and perforated, as described, the yoke-bolts D D, elbowlever G,and spring I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The bent pins a and springs 11, attached to the outer ends of thesingle-trees O Q, in combination with the yoke-bolts D D and lever G,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN KERR CRAIG. Witnesses:

' A. S. MARSHALL,

G. R. WARD.

